4:14 PM ET The career trajectory of the first-ever UFC women’s flyweight champion continues to be an odd one. Nicco Montano missed weight Friday morning by seven pounds and her women’s bantamweight bout with Wu Yanan was pulled from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card, the promotion announced. The bout was contracted at a limit of
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Human highlight reel, Uriah Hall, will look to take another step up the Middleweight ladder opposite rising striker, Sean Strickland, this Saturday (July 31, 2021) at UFC Vegas 33 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Has Hall turned the corner to finally emerge as the contender he appeared to be way back on The
Image: Darren Till on Instagram UFC middleweight Darren Till is being investigated by Merseyside Police after sharing offensive posts on his official Instagram page. Till (18-3-1 MMA) has amassed a large social media following thanks to his erratic trash talk and brash sense of humor. However, a few days ago the Liverpool native apparently crossed
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor suffered a horrific broken leg in the UFC 264 main event against Dustin Poirier on July 10 and has been recovering from surgery. McGregor hasn’t let the broken leg keep him from living life. He’s posted photos of himself hanging out with Justin Bieber, at a Bieber concert and
Fight fans are finally getting what they’ve been asking for in Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Gaethje and Chandler have verbally agreed to collide before 2021 comes to a close. “Ohhhh boy. Here we go, folks. Gaethje vs. Chandler. Verbally agreed, per sources. UFC 268 PPV. No official date or
7:38 PM ET The UFC is adding a lightweight matchup between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler to its pay-per-view event in November, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not been signed, but both parties have agreed to the 155-pound contest. The promotion has not officially announced a date or location for UFC 268,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Darren Till has a social media presence like few other professional fighters. I cannot actually load his Instagram page at the moment due to the following controversy, but Till has accrued a substantial amount of followers thanks to his erratic trash talk and general humor. Who can forget his never ending
Justin Gaethje-Michael Chandler slated for UFC 268 An intriguing top five matchup within the lightweight division will take place on the main card of UFC 268. No. 2 ranked lightweight Justin Gaethje will enter the octagon for the first time in 2021 as he will face former three-time Bellator world champion and no. 4 ranked
PhotoCred: Sportsasting / Cageside Press Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler will finally meet inside the Octagon. Ever since Chandler signed to the UFC, he has been linked to a fight with Gaethje. After both men lost their fights for the belt, the scrap made all the more sense. However, the former Bellator champ claimed Gaethje
Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo has explained why he thinks T.J. Dillashaw deserved the victory over Cory Sandhagen. After serving a two-year suspension, Dillashaw returned to the Octagon in the UFC Vegas 32 main event against “The Sandman,” who entered the fight as the #2-ranked bantamweight. After an enthralling and evenly-contested five rounds, the
8:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Uriah Hall has won four fights in a row. Sean Strickland has won four fights in a row. On Saturday night, they meet to determine whose momentum will be supercharged. Hall (17-9) has been at center stage under the bright lights before. This weekend’s middleweight fight at the Apex in
The place is here, The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif., and the time is now. The weigh ins for Bellator 263: “Pitbull vs McKee” tomorrow night (Sat., July 31, 2021) on Showtime go down today (Fri., July 30, 2021) ahead of the highly-anticipated finale of the Featherweight Grand Prix between division kingpin, Patricio Freire, and
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Uriah Hall is hoping for a future UFC title fight against Israel Adesanya, saying that “I think my style is perfectly matched up for him.” Hall takes on Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC Vegas 33 this Saturday night in a battle of top-15 ranked
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and AJ McKee got testy during the final pre-fight press conference for Bellator 263. McKee will be challenging Freire for the Bellator Featherweight Championship. This bout will also be the final match in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. The action takes place this Saturday night (July 31) inside The Forum in
12:49 AM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi The fight between bantamweights Aspen Ladd and Macy Chiasson that was scratched from Saturday’s UFC event has been rescheduled for Oct. 2, sources said. The card has not yet been announced by the promotion. The original matchup was postponed just hours before Friday’s weigh-ins due to a Chiasson injury.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! By returning from a 2.5 year layoff to score a split-decision win opposite Cory Sandhagen in an all-action fight, TJ Dillashaw may have just earned a title shot. Of course, he’ll have to wait out Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling 2 and recover from knee surgery, but all things considered, Dillashaw’s
Bellator 263 Press Conference erupts in chaos | Video The Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee pre-fight press conference took place on Thursday in Los Angeles and erupted in chaos between the main event fighters. Bellator 263 takes place on Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. and his headlined by the featherweight title bout between